Zenith Man (eBook)

Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom

McCracken Poston Jr. (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
320 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-4281-2 (ISBN)

Infos

CrimeCon 2024 Clue Award Book of the Year Finalist Like a nonfiction John Grisham thriller with echoes of Rainman, Just Mercy, and a captivating smalltown Southern setting, this is the fascinating true storysometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreakingof an idealistic young lawyer determined to free an innocent neurodivergent man accused of murdering the wife no one knew he had. An inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice for readers of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and Just Mercy.Was this small-town TV repair man ';a harmless eccentric or a bizarre killer' (Atlanta Journal Constitution). For the first time, Alvin Ridley's own defense attorney reveals the inside story of his case and trial in an extraordinary tale of friendship and an idealistic young attorney's quest to clear his client's nameand, in the process, rebuild his own life. In October 1997, the town of Ringgold in northwest Georgia was shaken by reports of a murder in its midst. A dead woman was found in Alvin Ridley's houseand even more shockingly, she was the wife no one knew he had. McCracken Poston had been a state representative before he lost his bid for U.S. Congress and returned to his law career. Alvin Ridley was a local character who once sold and serviced Zenith televisions. Though reclusive and an outsider, the ';Zenith Man,' as Poston knew him, hardly seemed capable of murder. Alvin was a difficult client, storing evidence in a cockroach-infested suitcase, unwilling to reveal key facts to his defender. Gradually, Poston pieced together the full story behind Virginia and Alvin's curious marriage and her cause of deathwhich was completely overlooked by law enforcement. Calling on medical experts, testimony from Alvin himself, and a wealth of surprising evidence gleaned from Alvin's junk-strewn house, Poston presented a groundbreaking defense that allowed Alvin to return to his peculiar lifestyle, a free man. Years after his trial, Alvin was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a revelation that sheds light on much of his lifelong personal battleand shows how easily those who don't fit societal norms can be castigated and misunderstood. Part true crime, part courtroom drama, and full of local color, Zenith Man is also the moving story of an unexpected friendship between two very different men that changedand perhaps savedthe lives of both.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.2.2024
• Zusatzinfo: 32-page photo insert
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Schlagworte: accused • accused killer • Actual innocence • Agoraphobia • agoraphobic • Alvin Ridley • Attorney • Autism • Autism Spectrum • Autistic Interpretations • Biographies of People with Disabilities • born a crime • catoosa county • catoosa courthouse • Charles Weltner Award • Chattanooga • Client • Common Cause of Georgia • Courtroom Drama • death by seizure • defense attorney • Disabilities • eccentric • Epilepsy • Epileptic seizure • Expert witness • Florence Griffith Joyner • Forensic Files • Georgia • Georgia and Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers • georgia democrat • Georgia House of Representatives • Georgia Politics • georgia state representative • guilty • Harper Lee • hypergraphia • Injustice • investigation • James Dickey • John Grisham • Just Mercy • lawyer • Leadership Georgia • legal drama • Legal system • Mental Illness • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil • murder and mayhem true accounts • murder charge • murder suspect • mysterious death • neurodivergent • neurodiversity • northwest georgia • not guilty • pat conroy • President Carter • President Clinton • Rainman • Recluse • Ringgold • small southern town • smalltown setting • Social Justice • Southern Crime • southern drama • Southern Gothic • southern setting • Testimony • The Family Across the Street • To Kill a Mockingbird • Trial • True Crime • true crime books best sellers 2023 • True story • TV repair man • TV repairman • University of Georgia Law School • U.S. Congress • verdict • Virginia Ridley • Witness • wrongfully accused • zenith man • Zenith television
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-4281-0 / 0806542810
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-4281-2 / 9780806542812